The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 4, 1945, Page 1

" VOL. LXV., NO. 10 100,000 YANK " MacArthur Looks »e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 056 ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1945 MEMBE ) ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTS PRICE TEN Jap Delegation Arrives for Signing P R — — i in Tokyo Bay f of the sur- it su, Japanese Foreign Minister; (2) Maj. Gen. Yatsuji ro Umeza, Chief of Staff, Japanese Army Headquarters; (4) Kat- Central Liaison Offic ; (5) Celonel Kaziyi Sugita, Jap Staff. (AP Tokyo Bay). ctor General suo Okazaj Ariny Wirepheto via radio from U. 5. S, Jowa in Japan’s Foreign Minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu (seated, right), signs uncenditional surrender papers aboard the U. . S. Misseuri in Tokyo Bay as General MacArthur (icft) at microphcne) and Licut. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland, his Chief of Staff (center), lock on. Pheto by Charles Gorry, AP phetographer on assign- ment with the wartime still phote pool. (AP Wirephoto radioed from U. Towa in Tckyo Bay). rrender Terms Far i 5o Ma}Ariur ins Jép Sy General MacArthur, as Supreme s ommandger, signs the Japancse unconditional surrender as the Allied delegation locks on at back Standing behind him are: Lt. Gen. Jonahan M. Wainwright of Bataan (left) and Lt. Gen, Sir Arthur Percival (right) of Singapcre. (AP photo via radio frem U, S, 8. Iewa in Tekyo Bay). S IN JAPAN BY NIGHTFALL Worldwide Blood Bath Is af End; Japan Surrenders Unconditionally fo Allies YAMASHITA, ' NOW DOCILE, - SURRENDERS {Former "Tiger of Malaya” | Capitulates to Lt. Gen. J. Wainwright BAGUIO, Philippines, Sept. 4 — | The last 40,000 Japanese in the | Philippines were surrendered in a five-minute ceremony yesterday b; the now docile “Tiger Malaya, Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, to Lt. | Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, the | hero of Bataan and Corregidor Wainwright flew here from Japan, | where he witnessed the general | surrender ceremony ~aboard the | Missouri Sunday, and settled an old |scere with the one-time boastful | Japanese conqueror. | “The war in the Philippines is | now over,” he said at conclusion of the tense ceremonies. | Yamashita was no longer the | arrozant, boastful general who ac- | cepted the surrender of Singapore |in February, 1942, from Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Percival, the British commander who also attended | terday’s signing of terms similar to those agreed to earlier by high Japanese officials on Tokyo Bay. ‘ Remains Standing | The six-foot Japanese general, Nippon’s number one military hero |after his capture of Malaya and | Singapore and leader of the futile | fight against Gen. MacArthur's re- turn to the Philippines, started to | sit down as soon as he entered the |U. s. High Commissioner’s tesi- dence at this summer capital, but | was ordered to remain standing. Later, he was allowed to sit | down for the signing. | Yamashita immediately put | benind the bars of the new Bilibid | prison, 15 miles south of Manila. The paunchy conqueror of | Singapore entered cell block No. 1, |in which he has a single cell with | two barred, screened windows look- ing on the prison courtyard filled with members of his beaten forces. The white-washed cell contains a cot, two chairs and a table. He {is flanked in the cell block by six | previously-captured general officers | who formerly operated under his | command. Demand Vengeance Outside the prison, Filipinos are demanding Yamashita’s trial and execution for the various atroci- | ties committed during the Japanese | occupation .of the Philippines. | The Manila Post said the Japa- |nese general was directly respon- | sible for slaughtering thousands of | civilians in Manila last February | And the Daily News suggested that | he receive the same treatment that his troops gave Filipinos in the | same Bilibid Prison a few months | ago. R The Washingion Merry - Go- Round By DRFW PEARSON (NOTE-Before leaving on his | vacation, Drew Pearson wrote | to several Congressmen he had criticized and offered them the courtesy of using his column to even up the score. He gave them the privilege of saying anything they pleased about him or on any other subject, ; provided it was about 1,000 | words in length. Congressman | Clare Hoffman of Michigan, ! accepting this invitation, has ‘ contributed the following guest | | | column.) By CLARE E. HOFFMAN (Republican Rep. From Michigan) ALLEGAN, Mich.—An editorial the Saturday Evening Post of Aug. 11 justly complains of the | “reckless irresponsibility” of certain | radio commentators; then refers to { one it charges with having made a | misstatement with reference to the Post. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of patriotic Americans, who have no knowledge of the merits of the Post’s controversy | with the named radio commentator, who, in the opinion of many of us, expresses sound American views and is usually accurate in his news | in { (Continued on Page Four) Gen. Ma(Arrrih'Jr's Hour of Lifetime - Tingling Mo- ments of High Drama By Hal Boyle (Associated Press Correspondent) | U. S. 8. MISSOURI, TOKYO| | BAY, Sept. 3—There were tingling | | moments of high drama in the 18- minute ceremor during which Japan bound herself to lay down, her arms unconditionally and bow! The official text of the surrender [to the dictates of the Allies lnan!‘.m:l.l is as follows | The setting was perfect—on the| “1—We, acting by command of | Captain’s promenade of this battle- | and in behalf of the Emperor of | ship, nicknamed “Mighty Mo.” Al- Japan, the Japanese Government } A and the Japanese Imperial General SURRENDER DOCUMENT AS SIGNED ociated Press) (By The lied ships ringed the Missouri in concentric ¢ircles of power. Out- Headquarters, hereby accept pro- | lined against the murky sky were visions in the declaration issued by the heads of the Governments of the United States, China and Great Britain July 26, 1945, at Potsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics, which four powers are hereafter referred to as the Allied Powers. | “2—We hereby proclaim the un- conditional surrender to the Allied Powers of the Japanese Impe dark green hills of the nation ;helng occupied for the first time in its turbulent history. | The first moment of drama came when Gen. MacArthur walked up, |the gangplank and moved across |the deck with a stride lithe for a man of his years. You could feel | the intensity of this man stimulate the crowd like a current of elec- | tricity. It was MacArthur’s hour of a lifetime and he had prepared for General Headquarters and of all it by almost half a century of Japanese armed forces and all | military service. |armed forces under Japanese con- Jap Delegation Arrives | trol wherever situated. next moment of emotional| “3_We hereby command all impact was the arrival of the Japanese forces, wherever situated, Japanese delegation four in and the Japanese people to cease civilian dress, seven wearing navy hostilities forthwith, to preserve or army uniforms. They stood wait-| and ve from damage all D8 ing MacArthur's pleasure like stone aircraft and military and civil ‘p,nrgnvles To the western eye they|property and to comply with all look 2 Hke cartoen characters from requirements which may be im- Gilbert and Sullivan’s_“The posed by the Supreme Commander Mikado." for the Allied Powers or by agencies Their stolid feature of the Japanese Government at his neither guilt nor regret, pain nor direction resentment only an abiding,! “4—We hereby command the watchful animal-like patience. You'Japanese Imperial General Head- felt that only time would reveal guarters to issue at once orders to what the patience stood for. the commanders of all Japanese “How did those little men forces and all forces under Japa- The showed ever think they could get away with it nese control, wherever situated, to cne white-uniformed sailor whis- surrender unconditionally them- pered. selves and all forces under their Cold Stare For Japs control Next highlight was when Gen.' “5-—-We hereby command all civil, MacArthur began signing the sur- render document. He turned to Gen. Wainwright with a warm smile and handed him the first of the six pens he used. Then he looked deliberately, steadily and coldly at the Japanese before going military and naval officials to obey and enforce all proclamations, orders and directives, deemed by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be proper to effec- tuate this asurrender and issued by him or under his authority, and we 'on with the signing. That gesture direct all such officials to remain was for Bataan, for Corregidor— at their posts and to continue to and the Japanese caught its sig- perform their non-combat duties nificance fully. sSilence fell over the spectators as the two Japanese signatories put their names to the document. They ' unless specifically relieved by him or under his authority “6—\We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese Government signed with Oriental slowness. |and their successors to carry ou The right hand of Gen. Yoshi- the provisions of the Potsdam Dec- jiro Umezo, Japanese Army Chief laration i »d faith, and to issue of Staff, shook slightly as he added | whatever s and take what- his signat Noting the rainbow ever ion may be required by of ribbons on his dress uniform, the Supreme Commander for the jene American spectator wise- Allied Pcv or by any other cracked: “Whipped everybody but designated representative of the the United States.” jAllied Powers for the purpose of World Blood Bath Ends ing effect to that declaration, | As Umezo, his face grey-yellow “7—We hereby command the but still expressionless, left the Japa Imperial Government and ceremonial table, another by- 'the Japanese Imperial General stander predicted: “He will prob-|Headquarters at once to lberate |ably kill himself within 24 hours.” all Allied prisoners of war and | The Allied signatories quickly, one after the other. “Let us pray,” said MacArthur, ‘that the peace be now restored to! (the world and that God will pr serve it always. These proceeding signed | civilian internees now under Japa- |nese control and to provide for their protection, care, maintenance and immediate transportation to places as directed. “8—The authority of the Emperor e closed. and the Japanese Government to The world-wide blood-bath at rule the state shall be subject to last was at an end. the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers who will take such steps as he deems proper to ef- fectuate these terms of surrender.” 6-HOURDAY IS REQUEST SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.—Harry Iridges, leader of the CIO Interna- e came to an end. al Longshoremen and Ware- ‘The accidental death toll jumpsd hou en’s Union, was cn record to- year from 245 for Labor Da v for a six-hour work day. kend, 1944, but still was consid- he ten and twelve hour day of erably lower than the 626 toll for war period cannot continue— 352 DEATHS ON HOLIDAY (By The Associated Press) America’s first peactime holiday since 1941 brought tragedy as well as celebration At least 352 deaths were counted as Labor Day observ- Labor Day, 1941, before Pear] Har- there isn't enough work,” he declar- bor. ed from the reviewing stand at the Automobile accidents accounted close of a Labor Day parade in for much of the increase over last which 30,000 of the CIO marched. “And there is not enough work in the land,” he said, “to continue |the eight hour day. We are asking ) for the six hour day.” |year's toll. At least 204 persons | were killed in traffic. There were |58 drownings and 90 fatalities from ! miscellaneous causes, Historic Pact Is Signed Aboard U.S. Missouri (By The Associated Pross) iPea(e Is Aga]n Restored- | i | ABOARD U. S. S. MISSOURI Tokyo Bay, Sept. 4-—Japan sur- rendered formally and uncondi- !tionally to the Allies on Sunday |Sept. 2 (Saturday night in the United States), restoring peace to a war-ravaged world. ! The solemn ceremony, markin the first defeat of Japan's twent six hundred year old semi-legendary history, took place aboard this mighty battleship with 12 signa- tures, which required only few minutes to affix to the arti surrender. Surrounded by the might of the United States Navy and Army, and under the eyes of the American and British Commanders they so ruthlessly defeated in the Philip- pines and Malaya, the Japanese | representatives quitely made their marks cn the paper which ended the bloody Pacific conflict, that horrible war which entered the eighth year in China and raged nearly three years and nine months for the United States and Great Britain. The signing officially ended the conflict with a complete victory for the Allies. Japs Sign On behalf of Emperor Hirohito, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shige- mitsu signed first for Japan. He doffed his top hat, tinkered with his pen, then firmly affixed his signature to the swrrender docu- ment, a paper about 12 by 18 inches in size. Shigemitsu cafe- fully signed the American copy first, then affixed his name to the duplicate copy to be retained by Japan. Following him, Gen. Yoshi- jiro Umi of the Japanese Im- perial General Staff, sat down and resolutely scrawled his name on the documents as if in a tre- mendous hurry. One Japanese col- onel present seen to wipe tears from his eyes as the General signed. All the Japanese looked tense and weary. Gen, MacArthur next signature as Supreme mander on behalf of terious Allied powers. Hcur Of Triumph MacArthur then called for Lt Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Bataan and Corregidor, and Lt Gen. Sir Arthur Percival, of Singa- pore, to step forward. These two defeated Allied commanders, savor- ing the hour of triumph, stepped up. Wainwright was helped by MacArthur to seat at the table. MacArthur signed the document with five pens. The first he handed immediately to Gen. Wainwright, the second to Gen. Percival. The third was an ordinary shipboard navy issue pen. MacArthur then produced the fourth pen, presum- ably to be sent to President Tru- man, then completed the signature with a fifth, possibly a trophy to be retained by himself. Only One Hitch The only hitch in the formal Japanese surrender pro- ceeding was such a slight affair that it took ‘only five minutes to straighten it out. At the end of the ceremony, the Japanese discovered that the Canadian representative, Col. Moore Cosgrave, signed the Jap c the surrender on the wrong line. Four other repre ita- tives who followed Cosgrave also signed on wrong lines. It took five minutes to cross out the line desig- affixed his Allied Com- all the vic whole of | (Continued on Page Three) R : Highest Ranking '~ Japanese Officer | OnGuam GivesUp GUAM, Sept. 4 Led by the highest ranking Japanese officer captured on Guam since the island was occupied in August, 1944, four cfficers and 64 enlisted men s rendered today from a jungle hide- out The leader was Lt Hideyuki Takeda, who had received Allied (leaflets telling of the Emperor's surrender and sent emissaries to the surrender rendgzvous. He said 75 others would surrender next week, es of | TOKYO WILL - BEOCCUPIED NEXT FRIDAY Gen. MacArthur Orders His Armies to Requisition Anything Needed 'FRESH LANDINGS ARE MADE IN MANY AREAS [ British Wa&lfips Ride at ' Anchor in Singapore- Airfields Taken Over | (By The Associated Press) | A hundred thousand Americans | will be in Japan by nightfall, Japa- nese radio reports said -« today (Tuesday) and Gen. MacArthur ve his armies authority ta requi- | sition anything they need within | Japanese territorial limi | His forces are scheduled to oc- |cupy Tokyo itself on Friday. | MacArthur ordered the Japanese |to turn over all prisoner of war camps to the highest ranking of- | ficer, interned in each with au- | thority to demand of the Japanese | whatever food or medical care his | camp required. | March To Be Outlined Details of the march into Tokyo will be outlined, radio reports sald, |6t a meeting of the Japanese first army commander with Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, American Eighth Army Commander, at Yoko- hama Wednesday. U. 8. Seventh Fleet units, mean- while, reached Russian-held Darien, Manchuria, in a thus-far futile search for high-ranking prisoners from Guam, Wake and Corregidor, reported Associated Press Corre- spondent Jehn Grover. He found the'port city completely under Russian control and vir- tually undamaged. Japanese of- fered no resistance as Soviet forces moved in with the aid of American lend-lease vehicles and seaplanes. New American Landings Fresh American landings, rang- ing from the shores of Tokyo Bay to southern Honshu and southern- most Kyushu, were proceeding, add- (Continueq on Page Five) FIRST TARGHT, ATOMIC BOMB ONLY SHELL Hiroshima s Described by Newsmen-Destruction of City Absolute By Vern Haugland (Associated Press Correspondent) HIROSHIMA, Japan, Sept. 4- Street cars rattle along the streets where not a single building stands A few dead-pan civillans peddle slowly through the rubble. Block after block contains only a thin covering of rusting tin, a few stones and some broken bricks. The twisted frames of less than a dozen buildings stand forlornly alone in the midst of ruin that was once touted as Japan's most modernized city. That was the Hiroshima I saw teday with the first American post- war visitors to the world’s first target of the atomic bomb. Wiped Out ize, no city in the world was so completely wiped out by bombs was this war-swollen metropolis of 400,000, whose heart was smashed completely by a single application of atomic power. The buildings, once the most mo- dern of the Japanese Empire, were For its as simply smashed—not split apart as from an ordinary demolition taid—but leveled over the ground. By contrast, Bremen, Hamburg and Berlin seem almost untouched. All that remains of the once-im- pressive local palace of the Em- (Continued on 7Page Five)